OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221355886

GENCOR INDUSTRIES, INC.

MARQUETTE, IA· 2021-05-10T00:00:00

Event: Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Drum, Finger, Hole, Inexperience, Metal, Metal Sheet, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Roller, Roller--Mach/Part, Rotating Parts, Thumb, Welder, Welding
NAICS: 333120
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345307243
Employer profile: GENCOR INDUSTRIES, INC.
Summary number: 221355886
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee partially amputates thumb when caught between drum

Investigation abstract

At 7:15 p.m. on May 10, 2021, an employee working as a welder for a construction machinery manufacturer was welding 9-foot sections of drums together. The employee was rotating a drum using a hand control when he accidently stuck his thumb in an existing bolt hole. The employee pinched his thumb between the drum and the outside roller. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partially amputated thumb.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
783

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